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M&A briefing: deal volume, sector activity and acquirer motives

An overview of selected recent BCMS completions

For international advisor BCMS, winter 2013/4 has seen a strong flow of deals across multiple sectors including financial services, distribution, media, consultancy and manufacturing.

Analysis indicates BCMS continues to maximise deal values for its clients. In every completed deal, eventual sale price represented a significant uplift on the lowest offer received. For one client, BCMS achieved an uplift of $10.1m/£6.14m; another client achieved a final sale price five times higher than the lowest offer received.